This story originally appeared in the Nov. 18 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see this story and others sooner, subscribe to the weekly newspaper here. Nothing has generated a widespread call to action for safer footpaths and bike routes across Northern Kentucky like the death of multiple pedestrians in a single weekend in […]
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Ludlow council expresses intent to grant IRB for Fischer Homes development
A previous version of this story used the incorrect name for Cityview Station development. The name has been corrected in the story. LINK regrets the error. Ludlow City Council voted to approve a memorandum of agreement to grant developer Fischer Homes a financing incentive for the Cityview Station development proposed for the hillside off Highway […]
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City of Dayton receives emergency road aid funds for slide repair
The City of Dayton receives $70,000 in county road aid emergency funds for a slide repair on 7th Avenue to make travel safer for motorists that rely on the road. The repairs will take place on 7th, located east of Dayton, Pike extending east to the end of the road for nearly a mile. “The […]
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NKY Cities receive grant funding from regional council of governments
Multiple cities from Campbell, Kenton, and Boone Counties have received grant funding from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, also known as OKI, for regional transportation projects. The agency awarded a total of $11.19 million across the three counties; it awarded $69 million in funding across the three states. “$69 million dollars is the largest […]
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Kentucky ranks second worst for electric vehicle infrastructure
As The U.S. invests heavily in electric vehicles, Kentucky is falling behind. Northern Kentucky alone only has two charging stations. One is in Hotel Covington, at 638 Madison Ave., and the other is in the Meijer parking lot in Florence, at 4990 Houston Road. In Kentucky, 0.26% of vehicles are electric. For every 10,000 vehicles, […]
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Brighton Center to hold ribbon cutting for Opportunity House
Opportunity House, a program aiming to help college students experiencing homelessness, is opening on the Northern Kentucky University campus. Brighton Center, NKU, and the City of Highland Heights will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3530 Alexandria Pike to celebrate the opening of Opportunity House on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 12:30 p.m. Opportunity House is a […]
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Richardson Road Park renovation in Independence begins this weekÂ
Kenton County Parks and Recreation will be temporarily closing the Richardson Road Park tennis and basketball courts in Independence beginning this week for renovations. The tennis and basketball court area will be completely removed and rebuilt. The finished project will include renovated tennis and basketball courts, along with the addition of pickleball courts. The courts will […]
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Residents file complaint asking construction of Alexandria development be halted: ‘I didn’t have a voice’
A group of residents against a planned housing development in Alexandria filed a civil complaint in June, asking for construction to be halted and for compensatory and punitive damages against the commissioners who approved a zoning change to allow the development to move forward. The 22 residents say the planned 98-home Maronda Homes subdivision’s lot […]
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Former Bellevue bank’s developer making old new again with renovation of historic building
A Bellevue developer has big plans for the former Fifth Third Bank building on Fairfield Avenue, and worked with the city to figure out what leaders might want to see once renovations began. Fifth Third Bank sold the property in April to developer Mark Ayer. Bellevue Mayor Charlie Cleves said Ayer asked the city what […]
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Dayton committee approves development plan for historic building
The Rayme building, an iconic landmark in Dayton that has sat vacant for years, will soon be developed into a mixed-use property. The Dayton Planning and Zoning commission approved stage one development plans at its meeting Thursday. The property along Dayton’s central business district on 6th Avenue was initially built in the 1880s with the intention of […]